1/5 of all Americans say politics has harmed a close relationship. If you are one of them, here are six steps you can take to repair the damage and restore the friendship.

An investigation on the multiple impacts New Zealand might face if nuclear weapons are used elsewhere. Though the risks are substantial, New Zealand and other noncombatants can make changes now to become less vulnerable.

A comprehensive catalog based on Donald Trump and his associates’ plans, Promises, and propositions based on Heritage Foundation’s 2025 Presidential Transition Project (Project 2025) and Trump's own words.

A persuasive argument that we ought to be paying a lot more attention to the conflict between political activists and everyday citizens.

Hopeful news about prominent government officials actively working to try to defuse hyperpolarization.

A set of essays from conflict resolvers, advocates, a retired four-star general, an educator, a business leader, and others about why the Building Civic Briedges Act is so important.

Benjamin Klutsey, director of the Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange at George Mason University' writes in the Hill about how to be a more thoughtful consumer of the news.

From Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus, an essay on how one changes what they call "mindsets," and what we'd call "frames" --beliefs that filter how we make sense of the world and ourselves.

Civic Genius interviewed Marjan Ehsassi, the founder of FIDE North America about what citizen assemblies are and how they work, and how FIDE hopes to develop them in North America.

FIDE teaches people how to design and run citizen assemblies on various topics at the local level. While starting in Europe, there is now a FIDE in North America as well (fide.eu/north-america).

This issue has articles on the Korean Peninsula, New Zealand's landmark decision on climate, COP 28, and the most worrying international conflicts.

From Bill Ury, one of the biggest names in the conflict resolution field, his thoughts on things we can do to escape spirals of destructive conflict.

Anne Leslie explains why keeping our agreements, no matter how small, has important ramifications for our relationships, demonstrating respect and trustworthiness that are hard to replace once broken.

A new Alliance for Peacebuilding initiative intended to educate and raise awareness about the drivers of instability and conflict in the U.S. and responses to that.

The only national-level body dedicated to achieving a gender-balanced democracy by networking, strategizing, resource-sharing and helping women run for office.

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is an independent, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world.

Resolutionaries is an organization dedicated to bringing Americans together. Our goal is to shift the current paradigm — from fighting over our problems to working together to solve them.

Our aim is to improve the way our community is able to talk through complex issues so that we can arrive at better decisions. CPD provides the space, good information, and skilled facilitation to facilitate such collaborative decision making in Northern Colorado and beyond.

Democracy 2076 is developing a vision for a new U.S. constitution which would ensure an effective, responsive, and representative democracy.

An exploration of the similarities and differences between these two fields, and how, if combined, they can bring out the best of both for more meaningful change.

A report outlining the ways in which the tools of deliberative democracy could be used to better govern information technologies and help protect the larger society.

This webinar shared findings from research examining the role of evidence in shaping & improving peacebuilding initiatives, and USIP shared what they are doing to integrate the findings into their own programming.

An examination of the degree to which online dialogue can overcome impressions of difference without in-person contact.

Our country is disturbingly polarized, and the future of our republic is at stake if we don’t change course ... and soon. This long-time civil servant observes that we are our own worst enemy.

Stretching the truth to arouse ire isn't just a tactic of the right; the left does it too. This short article appears toward the end of Better Conflict Bulletin's Feb. 22, 2024 Newsletter.